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Welcome to the Virginia War Memorial’s Virginia Heroes database. This online resource is a comprehensive list of Veterans both in Virginia and across the country who wish to be represented.

This list includes all of Virginia’s Heroes who made the supreme sacrifice from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf and whose names are etched in stone and glass on the walls of the Shrine of Memory. Their records are indicated by a gold star.

Staffers and volunteers at the War Memorial continue to research the names and personal histories of Virginia’s fallen. As we learn more about these brave men and women, we will continue to add information to this database so that their stories may never be forgotten.

To submit your personal service record information, or that of any other Virginia veteran, living or deceased, please use the Veteran Updates form and submit to the Memorial for inclusion.

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David Arthur Bishop

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: February 1, 1945
Died In: Belgium

served with the 820th Tank Destroyer Battalion

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Ernest Webster Bishop

Technical Sergeant, Army

Born: June 20, 1915
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: June 29, 1944
Died In: St Andre, France

Served with K Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.

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Houston Bishop

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Scott County, VA
Casualty Date: April 14, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 310th Infantry Regiment

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Leroy Bishop

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA
Casualty Date: February 9, 1945
Died In: Luxembourg
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 318th Infantry Regiment

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Oliver Whiting Bishop

Private First Class, Army

Born: May 6, 1924
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 23, 1944
Died In: Belgium

PFC Bishop served with the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division. He was originally listed as Missing In Action in Malines, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and attended Georgia Tech for one year where he was a member of the ROTC …

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Scott C. Bishop

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Craig County, VA

killed in World War II

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William Samuel Bishop

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: July 6, 1944
Died In: France
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John Kelly Bishop

Corporal, Army

Born: July 8, 1922
Hometown: Scott County
Casualty Date: October 10, 1951
Died In: North Korea

Corporal Bishop served with I Company, 3rd Battalion 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Wells Family Cemetery, Clinchport, Virginia.

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Daniel O’Conell Bishop, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: August 21, 1945
Died In: Samar Island, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 13th Airdrome Squadron

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Danny Lee Bitner

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: August 30, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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William Franklin Bivens

Captain, Army

Born: April 11, 1921
Hometown: Petersburg
Casualty Date: March 21, 1951
Died In: Kunu-Ri Area, North Korea
Awards: Prisoner of War Medal, Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, WWII Victory Medal

Captain Bivens served with HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division as a commander of a tank destroyer unit. He was captured by the enemy on November 30, 1950 and died in captivity. He is buried in Highland Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Allen J. Black

Major, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA

killed in World War II

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James Washington Black

Private, Army

Born: September 18, 1932
Hometown: Radford
Casualty Date: August 17, 1951
Died In: North Korea
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Black served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. His nickname was “Slick.” He is buried in New River Cemetery, Pulaski County, Virginia.

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Elijah Franklin Black, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: August 11, 1944
Died In: near Brecy, France
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Joseph Francis Black, Jr.

Lieutenant, Navy

Born: October 20, 1918
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: November 14, 1944
Died In: English Channel

Lieutenant Black graduated in 1936 from Benedictine High School in Richmond, VA. He was also a 1940 graduate of the University of Richmond. He flew 217 Pacific Theater combat flights and 87 volunteer missions on loan to the British Royal Air Force. He was killed 11/14/1944 when his Mosquito bomber …

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Beverley Sydnor Blackburn

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: April 17, 1945
Died In: Nuremberg, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Charles Cecil Blackburn

Private First Class, Army

Born: August 11, 1922
Hometown: Carroll County, VA
Casualty Date: March 11, 1945
Died In: Germany

Private First Class Blackburn served with Company C, 51st Engineer Combat Battalion.  

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Harry Lee Blackburn, Jr.

Captain, Navy

Born: December 28, 1935
Hometown: Henrico County
Casualty Date: May 10, 1972
Died In: near Hai Duong, North Vietnam

Captain Blackburn served with the Fighter Squadron 92 aboard the USS Constellation CV-64. He was piloting the F-4J Phantom (155797) when it was shot down by 85 mm anti-aircraft artillery on a combat air control mission over Hai Duong, Vietnam and he was forced to bail out. He was captured …

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John Francis Blackburn, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: December 16, 1942
Died In: North Africa

2LT Blackburn trained as a tank commander in the 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division; participated in the landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942; 1936 graduate of Hampden-Sydney College.

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Walter R. Blackenship

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA

killed in World War II

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